Women and girls make up half of all refugees and people displaced by crisis worldwide, and an estimated 225 million women living in developing countries are in need of contraception.

Tens of thousands have fled Aleppo as Government of Syria forces took control of the east of the city following months of besiegement and aerial bombardment. In the past week, around 4,000 from Aleppo have arrived in and around Al Dana town in eastern Idleb province and will be receiving cash support from the International Rescue Committee.

The months-long siege of eastern Aleppo ended in mid-December as Syrian government forces wrested control of areas that had been held by rebels. The intensifying bombing of these neighborhoods in the weeks before the ceasefire forced many residents to shelter underground, and tens of thousands to flee.

The past few months have seen some of the bloodiest fighting in more than seven years of civil war in Syria as attacks intensify in Eastern Ghouta, including a suspected chemical weapons attack on April 8 in the town of Douma. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and our partners are there providing support for civilians living under siege.

More than 13 years of conflict have left over 16 million Syrians in need of humanitarian support. Find out what’s happening in Syria and how you can help.

Since 2014, economic upheaval and political turmoil in Venezuela have caused 1.5 million people to flee the country, and this number is likely to rise as the crisis intensifies. Escaping devastating shortages, unemployment and soaring inflation, these refugees turn often to their country's closest neighbor, Colombia.